Your dad is getting older and his muscle strength is diminishing. He’s reached a point where he cannot stand for long without falling. For this reason, he no longer showers or brushes his teeth. This has to change. His doctor recommended having daily personal care at home services. Is this the best choice? What does personal care cover?
Help Showering or Bathing
Your dad has to have someone helping him with showers or baths. He has to sit down on a shower seat or sit in a walk-in tub. He doesn’t have the strength to stand for as long as is required for a shower.
A personal care aide can cover him with a towel and wash his body in sections while keeping the rest of him covered for warmth and to preserve his modesty. This way, his skin is clean of dirt, oil, and bacteria, but he’s not risking a fall in the process.
Help With Dressing
Once he’s showered, he needs help getting dressed. His caregiver can pick out the clothes he needs and help him get dried off, into his pants and shirt, and button buttons, zip zippers, or fasten ties.
His caregiver can help him put on shoes. Once they’re on, the caregiver can tie the laces, buckle them, or zip them up.
Help With Nail Care and Skin Care
Your dad cannot trim his nails. You noticed his nails get so long that they’re curled and digging into his toes. This cannot keep happening. Someone needs to trim them. Take him to a podiatrist to get them cut to the proper length, have his feet checked, and then hire personal care aides to keep them maintained.
Skin care is also offered by a personal care attendant. Your dad has someone to help apply moisturizer to his feet, hands, legs, and arms. His skin won’t get as dry when he has help with skin care.
Help With Hair Care and Shaving
Personal Care at Home in Seminole FL
Make sure your dad’s face is shaved as often as he likes. Plus, caregivers can comb and style his hair if he needs help with that. He’ll be able to explain how he likes his face shaved and with what products. The same goes for his hair.
Help With Oral Care
While your dad doesn’t have the dexterity to brush and floss his teeth, it doesn’t mean he should go without. Caregivers can help him with his oral care routines.
Help With Toileting
The final service to consider is toileting care. Your dad needs someone to help get his pants unbuttoned, lower him onto the toilet, help clean up after, and lift him back up. Caregivers can help with this.
Now that you know more about personal care at home services, it’s time to talk to an expert. Go over the services your dad needs, find out more about prices, and make the arrangements.
If You Or An Aging Loved One Are Considering Hiring Personal Care at Home in Seminole, FL, Please Contact The Caring Staff At Assisting Hands Home Care Today! 727-748-4211.
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Becky Moultrie is Owner and Administrator of Assisting Hands Home Care Serving Pinellas. Guided by a motto to Do Good with Love, she’s well positioned to do just that at Assisting Hands. She has a passion for helping families keep seniors and those who are diabled happy and healthy at home. She serves on a number of boards in Pinellas County including the Pinellas Park Gateway Chamber and Better Living Seniors (BLS), leading the Membership Committee. Annually, she hosts a Silver Santa Party, collecting donations for nearly 100 low income seniors in the county. She attends Blessed Sacrament Church, Seminole where she is an Ascribed Member of the Rosminian Order. When not busy Doing Good in the community, Becky is at home with her husband David & their 4 children, tending to their beehives and digging in the garden.
